Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Sweep"

A: spazzato

A: In this context it is referring to many people walking in different ways and having different things to do, it is similar to "hustle and bustle". Basically it is referring to a busy street.

A: To "sweep someone off their feet" means to woo/to court (cortejar) someone very quickly and/or successfully. It means you make someone fall in love with you. If someone can't sweep someone off their feet it means they can't make the other person fall in love with them (for whatever reason).

A: Sweep off can mean a few things. For a person to sweep it off would mean to not worry about a situation, however sweep off can also mean physically like using a broom to clean

A: I believe in this case, "swept up" would be best replaced with "gathered" or "taken"

A: But of course!
"He couldn't sweep his lies under the rug."
"She tried to sweep everything under the rug, but she failed."
"They've got to sweep the scandal under the rug before it's made public."

A: "Could you sweep over there?"
"I already swept there."
"Oh, sorry. Please continue sweeping."

A: To act like something didn't happen/To ignore something that has happend, because it is embarrassing or because you don't like people knowing about it for some reason. That "something" is usually always negative.

A: Sweep away, the leafs(Ha)

A: You should sweep the kitchen floor before mopping it.

The local team won all four games in a clean sweep of the series.

A: If there are things like grains of rice that will move easily on the floor, you usually sweep （掃く）the floor.

If there is something caked on the floor, like maybe ketchup, you might wipe （拭く）the floor.

If all there is is dust（ほこり）on the floor, you remove it when you "dust" the floor.

A: To sweep, literally means to use a broom or something to move dust or dirty from one area to the next.
Past tense: swept.

Depending on the context both terms could mean the same thing: to cover a wide area.

Eg: there was a national viral outbreak, and fear and panic swept across the nation.
Eg: the virus spread to every corner of the country. It was truly fearsome.

Eg: she swept the dust across the floor is such a manner, that she made her work ten times harder

E.g: when he realised he was in trouble, fear swept across his face.

E.g he grabbed her by the hand and swept her across the dance floor,


E.g I like to spread peanut butter on my toast.

E.g spread your legs for me, he told her.

Eg: this area is a wide spread of land and could take days to investigate

Eg: the rumours that were spread about him around school weren’t true

A: Sweep is used for when you use the broom and clean is general (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ

A: Sweep is a verb while broom is a noun.

For example, " I used a broom to sweep the floor."

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A: sweep

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A: to suddenly affect someone very strongly

A: × I made a sweep in the kitchen.
✓ I swept the kitchen floor

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A: Sweeping/looking over a large/wide area in order to find something.
So in this case they are looking into each camera, moving from location to location until they find what they are looking for.

A: Right, the media ignored the story therefore letting the government get away with the situation.